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for all intended purposes

for all intended purposes prepositional phrase: eggcorn of for all intents and purposes.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Eggcorn of for all intents and purposes.

Questions about for all intended purposes

What does for all intended purposes mean?
For all intended purposes means eggcorn of for all intents and purposes.
What part of speech is for all intended purposes?
For all intended purposes is a prepositional phrase.

Words near for all intended purposes in the dictionary

  1. for a start
  2. for a time
  3. for a while
  4. for Africa
  5. for all
  6. for all intended purposes
  7. for all intense and purposes
  8. for all intense purposes
  9. for all intensive purposes
  10. for all intents and purposes
  11. for all intrinsic purposes

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